(11351) Leucus Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 12 October 1997 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Leucus, a character in Homer's Iliad, was an Achaean warrior and companion of Odysseus.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Leucus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Leucus is 5.61 au from the Sun and 6.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11351 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 TS25 |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 34.2 km (#1,187 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0790 |
| Rotation period | 446 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.87 |
| Orbital period | 12.2 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 4.97 – 5.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0650 |
| Inclination | 11.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 3.98 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.